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TikiJill
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Joined: Jul 19, 2007
Posts: 5
From: Iowa
|  Posted: 2007-08-13 6:12 pm Permalink
Wow! you have an incredible craft. I look forward to more posts.
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Sneakytiki
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Joined: Mar 31, 2003
Posts: 1795
From: Boise, Idaho
| Posted: 2007-08-13 8:09 pm Permalink
I love your tiles and the river rock floor tile is spifferiffic. Your how to posts are very appreciated! Well done!
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diesel tiki
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Joined: Dec 17, 2003
Posts: 85
From: sultry south arlington,tx
| Posted: 2007-08-19 10:00 am Permalink
I think that is the coolest thing I have seen yet! You are a truly gifted artist and can't wait to see more pics!! Unbelievable!
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Polynesiac
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Joined: Jan 29, 2004
Posts: 2023
From: San Pedro, CA
| Posted: 2007-08-19 10:26 pm Permalink
your tiles are amazing! I can't wait to see what they look like when they are installed. Thank you for taking the time and effort to do the step by step. It is a great read, and VERY dramatic! Dropping clay! Chin-ups! and cool tiles!
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tikiracer
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Joined: Sep 09, 2005
Posts: 462
From: UK
| Posted: 2007-08-19 11:25 pm Permalink
these tiles look great, I love the stage photos, shows all the hard needed to make them real. Thanks for posting them.
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Dean Tiki
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Joined: Jul 25, 2005
Posts: 8
From: Belgium
| Posted: 2007-08-20 02:47 am Permalink
verry nice keep updating
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VanTiki
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Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 908
From: Hawaii
| Posted: 2007-08-20 11:47 am Permalink
Mahalo for all the support and interest everyone!
Sorry for the lack of updates - it has been a VERY long week of demolition and construction. Ms. VanTiki has been keeping a photographic record (when not swinging a hammer) and I'll be sure to update this thread soon with photos and the like. We are very sore and tired and tend to fall asleep right after dinner  Mahalo for your patience. gotta go load the kiln!
Henrik "VanTiki"
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VanTiki
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Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 908
From: Hawaii
| Posted: 2007-08-28 8:00 pm Permalink
Aloha all!
Sorry (once again) for the lack of updates - good news is Ms. VanTiki has been updating a photo page showing the trials and tribulations of Project Bathroom. Man - it has been a tough 11 days! Soon we will begin tiling - and I still have to press and glaze a bunch of TikiTiles. The fun never ends Enjoy the photos - WARNING: we have (had) the ickiest bathroom in Hawaii - the house was a foreclosure when we bought it and there was some wild stuff done before the prior owners vacated. Slowly getting it back in shape.
http://gallery.mac.com/dvanryzin#100005
Mahalo for looking,
Henrik "VanTiki"
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VampiressRN
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Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5086
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2007-08-28 9:18 pm Permalink
Dayum...that is a hellalot of work ya got going there. Thanks for the pictures....I can hardly wait to see the final outcome. HEY!!! Sink-throwing....that could be a new sport. 
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VanTiki
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Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 908
From: Hawaii
| Posted: 2007-09-20 6:07 pm Permalink
Whew - it's been a while! The bathroom project is never ending. We spent last weekend on the big island celebrating our 10 year anniversary - and we greatly enjoyed taking a shower at the volcano hostel where we stayed whenever we wanted to! Hope to have our shower up and running by next monday (fingers crossed). A month of driving to your parents house every night to take a shower can get a tad tedious - good thing my parents are very understanding folks
The project is now being headed up by Ms. VanTiki as I have a slew of commercials to animate - and today she started putting up the tiki tiles. They look so neat on a wall! Cant wait to see them grouted.
Mahalo for looking!
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hewey
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Posts: 4270
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2007-09-20 6:44 pm Permalink
Looking great Van! I just thought of something, how are you going to keep the grout out of all the grooves in the tiki tiles?
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VanTiki
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Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 908
From: Hawaii
| Posted: 2007-09-20 7:31 pm Permalink
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On 2007-09-20 18:44, hewey wrote:
how are you going to keep the grout out of all the grooves in the tiki tiles?
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Good Question! We have learned that tile pros use a grout applicator that is just like a pastry applicator (dunno what it is called - the bag thing that bakers use to decorate cakes with fancy frosting). It lets you squirt grout into cracks that you want and keeps it away from everything else. In theory at least - I'll give you a report in a few days!
Henrik "VanTiki"
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pappythesailor
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Joined: Jul 07, 2005
Posts: 1563
From: Mass.
| Posted: 2007-09-21 02:52 am Permalink
Happy Anniversary!
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pappythesailor
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Joined: Jul 07, 2005
Posts: 1563
From: Mass.
| Posted: 2007-09-21 02:53 am Permalink
Oh, the bathroom looks great too...
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VampiressRN
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Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5086
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2007-09-21 05:54 am Permalink
Yes indeed...Happy Anniversary. The bathroom is looking great. That aqua blue really pops against the tan tiles. Remodels can be stressful, but you will have an awesome loo when your done.
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